1. Which of the following is NOT a Latin root? phon bene cent ambi 2. What is the difference between a base word and a root word? A base word can stand on its own and a root word cannot. A root word can stand on its own and a base word cannot. ...
Greek and Latin have added more affixes (prefixes and suffixes) and roots than all other languages combined. In fact, over 50% of the words in college level English dictionaries have a least one Greek or Latin prefix, root, or suffix. If half of our 800,000-word lexicon, in other words...
Here’s a great game that will help students practice their own Greek and Latin word part associations. Have students create and spread out vocabulary word part cards into prefix, root, and suffix groups on their desks. Business card size works best. The object of thePut-Togethersgame is to...
In addition, the introduction defines root, prefix and suffix and explains how to do the activities in the workbook. The introduction concludes with a pretest/posttest, and a student introduction follows which includes warm-up exercises focused on identifying Latin word parts, prefixes, suffixes, ...